It was just two years prior that Eugenie Bouchard made her landing on the enormous stage at the Australian Open, contacting her first Grand Slam elimination round and speaking certainly about how she generally anticipated that would be one of the amusement's stars.
From that point forward, the youthful Canadian has had a transient ascent to the highest point of the rankings, trailed by an emotional decrease and crack head damage all by the age of 21.
Back in Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday, the Westmount, Que., local indicated flashes of the amusement that took her to the Wimbledon last in 2014 additionally a lot of rust as she lost in the second round to fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 6-2.
"I felt on occasion my level was high, however it's just about having that consistency all through the entire match," an unhappy Bouchard said a while later.
Consistency is what's been missing for the Canadian since halfway through her breakout season in 2014. In the wake of coming to the elimination rounds at the Australian Open and French Open and after that the Wimbledon last surging to the main 5 in the rankings Bouchard started a descending slide that hasn't generally ceased.
Her inconveniences started not long after losing the title match to Petra Kvitova at the All England Club. She went 9-10 whatever remains of 2014 and went separate ways with long-lasting mentor Nick Saviano.
At that point came a tumultuous 2015 season in which she won just three matches from March to August and split with another mentor, Sam Sumyk. She appeared to turn a corner by hanging together three wins at the U.S. Open, however slipped in the locker room and pummeled her head on the floor, bringing on a blackout and compelling her to pull back. She later documented a claim against the U.S. Tennis Association.
Bouchard had 25 victors about three times the same number of as Radwanska additionally 37 unforced blunders.
"Against an extraordinary player such as her, you can't ever back off or allow her to inhale," she said. "I need to recollect that is the manner by which it goes in tennis."
It's currently been about 18 months since Bouchard's last main 20 win, however she's no more hoping to a quick come back to the top. "I've passed up a great opportunity, I feel, to such an extent I sort of just about need to play get up to speed as far as matches," she said. "Regardless of what happens, in the event that I lose each match, I'm glad to be doing what I cherish."
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